Whipple's triad
| whip | 1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet. 2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top. 3. To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy. "Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school." (Dryden) 4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to. "They would whip me with their fine wits." (Shak) 5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. 6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like. 7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. 8. To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; often with about, around, or over. "Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut." (Moxon) 9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle. "In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie." (Gay) 10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; with into, out, up, off, and the like. "She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm." (L'Estrange) "He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees." (Walpole) 11. To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff. 12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip. "Whipping their rough surface for a trout." (Emerson) To whip in, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as member of a party, or the like. To whip the cat. To practice extreme parsimony. To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do. Origin: OE. Whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. Wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. Vippa, Dan. Vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up, and L. Vibrare to shake. Cf. Vibrate. To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner. "With speed from thence he whipped." (Sackville) "Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground." (L'Estrange) 1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod. "[A] whip's lash." "In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun." (Addison) 2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. 3. <machinery> One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft. 4. A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. The long pennant. See Pennant 5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in. 6. A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed. A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken. Whip and spur, with the utmost haste. Whip crane, or Whip purchase, a simple form of crane having a small drum from which the load is suspended, turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on the same axle. Whip gin. See Gin block, under 5th Gin. Whip grafting. See Grafting. Whip hand, the hand with which the whip is used; hence, advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a person. Whip ray, any one of various species of slender snakes. Specifically: A bright green South American tree snake (Philodryas viridissimus) having a long and slender body. It is not venomous. Called also emerald whip snake. The coachwhip snake. Origin: OE. Whippe. See Whip. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| whip bougie | A bougie tapered to a threadlike tip at the end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| whip-poor-will | <zoology> An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening. Alternative forms: whippowil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whip-tom-kelly | <zoology> A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida. Synonym: black-whiskered vireo. Origin: So called in imitation of its notes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whiplash injuries | Hyperextension injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (12 Dec 1998) |
| whiplash injury | Popular term for hyperextension-hyperflexion injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| whipparee | <zoology> A large sting ray (Dasybatis, or Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. Quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whipple disease | <radiology> Bacterial: Tropheryma whipplei, treatment: antibiotics, hallmark: macrophages in lamina propria stain PAS-positive Findings: thick small bowel folds, dilated lumen, pebble-like surface due to increased villi Differential diagnosis: (infiltrative diseases), sprue, lymphoma, amyloid, EG (12 Dec 1998) |
| Whipple's disease | <gastroenterology> A rare disorder of intestinal malabsorption that occurs as the result of the intestine. Treatment is with antibiotics. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Whipple's operation | Excision of all or part of the pancreas together with the duodenum. Synonym: Whipple's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Whipple, Allen | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1881-1963. See: Whipple's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Whipple, George | <person> U.S. Pathologist and Nobel laureate, 1878-1976. See: Whipple's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| whippletree | 1. The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree. "[People] cut their own whippletree in the woodlot." (Emerson) 2. <botany> The cornel tree. See: Whip, and cf. Whiffletree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whipstitch | 1. A tailor; so called in contempt. 2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. 3. <agriculture> The act or process of whipstitching. <agriculture> To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whipworm | <zoology> A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly. Origin: So called from its shape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea whip | <zoology> A gorgonian having a simple stem. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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Synonyms : Injuries, Whiplash, Injury, Whiplash, Whiplash Injury
Synonyms : Disease, Whipple, Disease, Whipple's, Intestinal Lipodystrophy, Whipples Disease
| whiplash injury |
whiplash: an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
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an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) whip: a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"
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| whiplash |
An injury to the neck caused by sudden forward/backward direction changes, or rapid starts/stops on a coaster. Headrests are often added to prevent this injury from happening.
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| whiplash injury |
injury to the ligaments, joints, and soft tissues of the neck region of the spine because of a sudden, violent jerking motion of the head
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| Whipple's disease |
a rare disorder that has widespread effects on the body, including impaired absorption of nutrients, weight loss, joint pain, and anemia
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| whip | a quick blow with a whip |
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| whip | an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping |
| whip | a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline |
| whip | scorch with words |
| whip | colloquial usage |
| whip | strike as if by whipping |
| whip | beat severely with a whip or rod |
| whip | whip with or as if with a wire whisk |
| whip | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash |
| whip | position of advantage and control |
| whip | nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin stingless tail |
| whip | any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike tails |
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